From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dov Grobgeld Subject: Re: org mode in press Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:34:40 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87ty3isusw.fsf@med.uni-goettingen.de> <6889.1327586596@alphaville> <87sjj15hpq.fsf@gmx.com> <4F23D898.3010202@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=90e6ba6e8f70a16e1b04b79930fd Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:40332) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RrBEi-000811-3s for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:34:45 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RrBEg-00035j-20 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:34:44 -0500 Received: from mail-iy0-f169.google.com ([209.85.210.169]:45847) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RrBEf-00035S-QY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:34:41 -0500 Received: by iadk27 with SMTP id k27so4304550iad.0 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:34:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Thomas S. Dye" Cc: Christian Wittern , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --90e6ba6e8f70a16e1b04b79930fd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I would also like to thank you for this great article and org-mode in general. I learned a few things about variables and chaining that I did not know about. Since I discovered org-mode, I have come to rely upon it as my extended memory for professional as well as domestic ideas and problems that I encounter. I keep one big notes.org file in which my first level headlines is the current date, and my second order headline usually contains a "Done/Todo" which is a checklist of things that I have to do. I also love the embedded code (though I wish it was possible to syntax highlight it!), external links, and tables. Thanks again! Dov On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 18:18, Thomas S. Dye wrote: > Aloha Christian, > > Thanks for your comments. It is great to have feedback. > > Christian Wittern writes: > > > I think this is an excellent article, introducing an aspect of > > org-mode, which I think fills a gap that no other software I know of > > comes even close to approach. I already started mentioning it in > > conversations and am sure it will be very useful to many members of > > the academic community. > > > > Just to make sure I could answer any follow up questions, I downloaded > > the replication bundle and started installing the dependencies. I > > encountered a few problems and hope this is the right place to discuss > > them. BTW, I am working with this on a Mac OS X 10.6 machine. > > > > Most of the dependencies I already had or installed them from > > macports. One problem I encountered was with installing the RSQLite > > package. Executing the installation command from the README file did > > not work because of permission issues, the command needs to run with > > superuser rights. Is it possible to give these rights to commands run > > from babel? Since I did not find a way to do that, I installed from > > the R commandline, where I found that the name of the package is > > RSQLite, not 'RSQlite' as given in the readme file. > > > > The one dependency I could not solve was the 'dot' executable. I > > assume this is an interpreter for the dot language, for which it seems > > the program on the Mac is named graphviz. However, I am not sure how > > to make that work with org/babel. Should I simply symlink to > > graphviz? Or is there a babel variable to be set? This is a point > > that probably needs some explanation, at least for Mac users (I > > realize that the articel might not have been intended as such a > > general introduction with details for all common OSses, but it would > > be nice if this can be gradually supplemented). > > > > One last remark; since this is an online publication, I think using > > proper fontification for the examples and org source code would be > > even more appealing, especially for people who encounter org for the > > first time. > > Could you be more specific here? It might be obvious to others, but I > don't understand what you mean by "proper fontification." > > All the best, > Tom > > > > > Keep up the excellent work!! > > > > Christian > > > > > > > > On 2012-01-27 23:43, Eric Schulte wrote: > >> Hopefully this will serve as the canonical introduction to working with > >> code blocks in Org-mode. > >> > >> As we acknowledge in the paper this work would not have been possible > >> without the ideas and feedback of the Org-mode community, so thanks all! > >> > >> Nick Dokos writes: > >> > >>> Andreas Leha wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi all, > >>>> > >>>> this just came into my inbox: > >>>> http://www.jstatsoft.org/v46/i03 > >>>> > >>>> Great work! Big thanks to the authors. > >>>> > >>> I remember reading it with great pleasure back when Eric posted it to > >>> the list: beautiful stuff. I look forward to rereading it. > >>> > >>> Congratulations! > >>> > >>> Nick > >>> > >>> > > -- > Thomas S. Dye > http://www.tsdye.com > > --90e6ba6e8f70a16e1b04b79930fd Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I would also lik= e to thank you for this great article and org-mode in general. I learned a = few things about variables and chaining that I did not know about. Since I = discovered org-mode, I have come to rely upon it as my extended memory for = professional as well as domestic ideas and problems that I encounter. I kee= p one big notes.org file in which my first= level headlines is the current date, and my second order headline usually = contains a "Done/Todo" which is a checklist of things that I have= to do. I also love the embedded code (though I wish it was possible to syn= tax highlight it!), external links, and tables.

Thanks again!
Dov

On Sat, J= an 28, 2012 at 18:18, Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:
Aloha Christian,

Thanks for your comments. =C2=A0It is great to have feedback.

Christian Wittern <cwittern@gmail.= com> writes:

> I think this is an excellent article, introducing an aspect of
> org-mode, which I think fills a gap that no other software I know of > comes even close to approach. =C2=A0I already started mentioning it in=
> conversations and am sure it will be very useful to many members of > the academic community.
>
> Just to make sure I could answer any follow up questions, I downloaded=
> the replication bundle and started installing the dependencies. =C2=A0= I
> encountered a few problems and hope this is the right place to discuss=
> them. =C2=A0BTW, I am working with this on a Mac OS X 10.6 machine. >
> Most of the dependencies I already had or =C2=A0installed them from > macports. =C2=A0One problem I encountered was with installing the RSQL= ite
> package. =C2=A0Executing the installation command from the README file= did
> not work because of permission issues, the command needs to run with > superuser rights. =C2=A0Is it possible to give these rights to command= s run
> from babel? =C2=A0Since I did not find a way to do that, I installed f= rom
> the R commandline, where I found that the name of the package is
> RSQLite, not 'RSQlite' as given in the readme file.
>
> The one dependency I could not solve was the 'dot' executable.= =C2=A0I
> assume this is an interpreter for the dot language, for which it seems=
> the program on the Mac is named graphviz. =C2=A0However, I am not sure= how
> to make that work with org/babel. =C2=A0Should I simply symlink to
> graphviz? =C2=A0Or is there a babel variable to be set? =C2=A0This is = a point
> that probably needs some explanation, at least for Mac users (I
> realize that the articel might not have been intended as such a
> general introduction with details for all common OSses, but it would > be nice if this can be gradually supplemented).
>
> One last remark; since this is an online publication, I think using > proper fontification for the examples and org source code would be
> even more appealing, especially for people who encounter org for the > first time.

Could you be more specific here? =C2=A0It might be obvious to o= thers, but I
don't understand what you mean by "proper fontification."

All the best,
Tom

>
> Keep up the excellent work!!
>
> Christian
>
>
>
> On 2012-01-27 2= 3:43, Eric Schulte wrote:
>> Hopefully this will serve as the canonical introduction to working= with
>> code blocks in Org-mode.
>>
>> As we acknowledge in the paper this work would not have been possi= ble
>> without the ideas and feedback of the Org-mode community, so thank= s all!
>>
>> Nick Dokos<nicholas.do= kos@hp.com> =C2=A0writes:
>>
>>> Andreas Leha<andreas.leha@med.uni-goettingen.de> =C2=A0wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> this just came into my inbox:
>>>> http://www.jstatsoft.org/v46/i03
>>>>
>>>> Great work! =C2=A0Big thanks to the authors.
>>>>
>>> I remember reading it with great pleasure back when Eric poste= d it to
>>> the list: beautiful stuff. I look forward to rereading it.
>>>
>>> Congratulations!
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>>

--
Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com=


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